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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
Three orders of the French society: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners all met with Louis XVI to advise him on financial matters. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was taken by the members of the French Third Estate in a tennis court on the initiative of Jean Joseph Mounier. They made a vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille took place in Paris, France when the revolutionary insurgents tried to storm and seize control of the medical armoury and the political prison. The insurgents basically won. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a civil rights document from the French Revolution. Marquis de Lafayette wrote the document. -
Women's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles took place in Paris, and it happen because they complained that bread costed too much. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
The execution of King Louis XVI happened in Paris during the French Revolution. He was beheaded by the guillotine, because he refused to give up his power and he was found guilty of treason. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of time after the making of the First Republic. It was a series of massacres and public executions and it happened because of the accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety. -
Maximilien Robespierre's execution
Robespierre was executed by the guillotine with 21 of his supporters. There were a bunch of reasons why, but mainly because they led the Reign of Terror. -
Napoleonic Code is established
The Napoleonic Code was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor at Notre Dame de Paris. Legend says he crowned himself after snatching the crown from the Pope. -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
Napoleon led his army of nearly 500,00 men across the Neman River from Poland into Russia. It was a disaster for French. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
After the coalition invaded France and captured Paris, which forced Napoleon to abdicate. They sent him to an island in the Mediterranean. -
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was the conflict fought by Portugal, Spain and the UK against the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.